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Jun
14
Am I Taking And Unnecessary Risks?

Am I Taking And Unnecessary Risks?

My wife and I watched an episode of Ugly Betty last night that reminded me of my high school sailing
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Jun
09
Intentional

Intentional

My wife and myself were talking a few days ago about being more intentional in our marriage. We want to
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May
28

Confidence or Arrogance

Arrogance is telling me how good you are at something, confidence is showing me.
May
18
We shut down a factory

We shut down a factory

The other day I was talking to one of my customers - a shipper. He was explaining how strains on
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Apr
16
Concept: Streamlined Truck Auto Gate Process

Concept: Streamlined Truck Auto Gate Process

Note: this is a concept only, this has not been implemented anywhere nor is planning on being implemented anywhere to
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Apr
13
Genius of Simple

Genius of Simple

Complexity is easy. Simple is difficult - and genius. Before containers existed, ships took weeks to load. The process was
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Apr
11
Reports are (pretty much) useless

Reports are (pretty much) useless

People-generated reports are a complete waste of time. They take valuable time to generate and typically the recipient only wants
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Apr
10
Golden Waste

Golden Waste

I have been thinking a lot about waste these last few days, like how to profit from it. In every
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Apr
06
Total Port Congestion

Total Port Congestion

West Coast container ports are at all-time levels of congestion. As of writing 28 ships are at anchor and waiting
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Mar
16
Business is built on trust

Business is built on trust

I recently had a new vendor completely destroy my trust while I was half way down the sales pipeline. They
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